Steve Ellis - Boom! Bang! Twang! (2018)

Steve Ellis is the quintessential rock & soul artist. As lead singer with the 1960’s chart-topping Mod-Soul outfit Love Affair, Steve’s vocals had the kind of powerhouse range that made you sit up and notice. He was one third of the holy trinity of ‘Steve’s’- the other two being Marriott and Winwood – who emerged out of the mid-1960s UK rhythm & blues scene and became three of the best blue-eyed soul vocalists of the entire decade, and there’s no better example than Love Affair’s ‘Everlasting Love’ which went to number one in February 1968 and in 2018 celebrates its 50th birthday. 50 years further down the line and Steve Ellis releases a new album ‘Boom Bang Twang!’ this year with an expertly crafted mix of new songs and some heartfelt covers with guests and long-time friends Paul Weller, COW, Manfred Mann’s Mike D’Abo, Kev Wallbank, Andy Crofts and Ben Gardelier (The Moons) all along for the ride.